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Emotional Acehnese Love Song (Gasèh Sayang Prang)

    Image:  https://www.pexels.com This time, I would like to share to you one of my favorite songs written by Imum John, a song-writer, singer and former Acehnese fighter. He emotionally presented an Acehnese language song entitled “Gasèh Sayang Prang” literally means “Loving while in the Warfare”.  He wrote this song when struggling for an absolute Acehnese independence after being colonized for almost 5 decades by Javanese colonialism. He successfully depicted his emotions and feelings of being far away from his sweetheart while surviving in the battlefield in between death or life.            Gasèh Sayang Prang Han padok mata ka deüngon awan (The eyes are never blocked by the cloud) Di mata intan, gata dèüh sabéë (In my eyes, Oh sweetheart, you are always visible) Nan tèüh mèüsalôp lam jiwa badan (Your name is covered over my soul) Mèünan kèüh yum ban, gata di hatè (That is your excellence in my heart) Gata mèukéë sang-sang bulèuën trang (You are carved like the m